Division of Continuing Education scholarships provide financial support to distance students

Monday, Jan. 27, 2014

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's Division of Continuing Education has awarded $26,400 in scholarships to distance education students across the country for the spring 2014 term. This is the largest amount of scholarship funding the division has awarded for a single semester.

Dave Stewart, associate dean of continuing education, said the division fundraising team worked to increase the amount and availability of scholarship funding.

"We were able to provide increased support directly from our own budget, as well as provide links to other scholarship sources for distance students," Stewart said. "In the future we will be exploring other opportunities to increase and expand our support to establish an endowed scholarship fund."

The Division of Continuing Education's DCE Scholarship for Distance Students offers $900 to undergraduate students and $1,200 to graduate students, and the Maurine Allison O'Bannon Memorial Scholarship provides $1,000 awards. Both scholarships are available to Kansas State University students pursuing a degree program through distance education.

"Scholarship support is very important to distance and nontraditional students who have many other financial obligations in their lives," said Stewart. "This support often makes the difference in being able to continue with their education or having to drop out."